The Theory and Practice of Brewing: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Theory and Practice of Brewing, credited to Michael Combrune, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Theory and Practice of Brewing by Michael Combrune. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr. Combrune was a master of his art. After reading his work on this topic, a glass of beer can be enjoyed on quite a different level. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Theory and Practice of Brewing
• Author credits: Michael Combrune
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 9:23:30

Catalogue topics

• alcohol
• drink
• brewing
• beer
• brewery
• 1761
• ale
• stout

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - An Explanation of the Technical Terms — 18:52
2. 02 - Of Fire — 8:41
3. 03 - Of Air — 6:55
4. 04 - Of Water — 17:50
5. 05 - Of Earth — 1:25
6. 06 - Of Menstruums or Dissolvents — 8:34
7. 07 - Of the Thermometer — 12:44
8. 08 - Of the Vine, its Fruits, and Juices — 22:00
9. 09 - Of Fermentation in General — 19:17
10. 10 - Of Artificial Fermentation — 11:49
11. 11 - Of the Nature of Barley — 7:31
12. 12 - Of Malting — 25:49
13. 13 - Of the Different Properties of Malt, and of the Number of its Fermentable Parts — 29:36
14. 14 - Observations on Defective Malts — 10:35
15. 15 - The Practice of Brewing — 7:44
16. 16 - Of the Heat of the Air — 16:52
17. 17 - Of Grinding — 4:03
18. 18 - Of Extraction, part 1 — 27:08
19. 19 - Of Extraction, part 2 — 42:05
20. 20 - Of the Nature and Properties of Hops — 33:46
21. 21 - Of the Lengths Necessary to Form Malt-Liquors of the Several Denominations — 4:18
22. 22 - Method of Calculating the Height in the Copper at which Worts Are to Go out — 11:47
23. 23 - Of Boiling — 8:05
24. 24 - Of the Quantity of Water wasted; and of the Application of the preceding Rules to two different processes of Brewing — 5:55

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